Boy in da Corner by Dizzee Rascal
Boy in da Corner is the debut album of British grime MC Dizzee Rascal, released on 21 July 2003 by XL Recordings in the United Kingdom and Matador Records in the United States. Dizzee was 18 years old when the album was released.
Elbowing free of UK garage’s shiny-shirted glitz, Dylan Mills carved his own uncompromising lane—and gave grime a totemic masterwork—with his Mercury Prize-winning debut. But, as per the rock-sampling splendour of “Fix Up, Look Sharp”, Dizzee, ultimately, really is sweet like Tropicana. Beyond those skeletal self-made beats and brooding “come at me” bars (“Hold Ya Mouf”), <i>Boy in da Corner</i> is a triumph of precocious wisdom (“I Luv U”) and unexpected pop savvy.
